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The Photobucket Blackmail scam

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:00 pm
by vladimir
Just surfing a few sites today, seems hundreds of thousands of people are affected by the scummy Photobucket move

Akira's motorcycle threads are screwed, they want around $400 to host photos/ year

Maybe start a Facebook hate page?

Re: The Photobucket Blackmail scam

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:03 pm
by AlonzoPartriz
vladimir wrote: Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:00 pm Just surfing a few sites today, seems hundreds of thousands of people are affected by the scummy Photobucket move

Akira's motorcycle threads are screwed, they want around $400 to host photos/ year

Maybe start a Facebook hate page?
Don't worry Vlad, the hackers are on the case.

http://forums.kombiclub.com/threads/pos ... ost-613943

This is not an isolated incident.

Re: The Photobucket Blackmail scam

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:08 pm
by Kuroneko
vladimir wrote: Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:00 pm Just surfing a few sites today, seems hundreds of thousands of people are affected by the scummy Photobucket move

Akira's motorcycle threads are screwed, they want around $400 to host photos/ year

Maybe start a Facebook hate page?
:D
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Re: The Photobucket Blackmail scam

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:21 pm
by vladimir
Photofuckit!

Re: The Photobucket Blackmail scam

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:24 pm
by phuketrichard
funny but all my photobucket pics still work and i pay nothing

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Re: The Photobucket Blackmail scam

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:32 pm
by Seasquatch
I just checked mine and it's still there with access to my photos, it's still frustratingly fucking buggy.

Maybe I don't have enough photos to hold me for ransom, or they haven't got to me yet.

Re: The Photobucket Blackmail scam

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:33 pm
by vladimir
I think they are using a bot that targets public viewing...just an idea

Re: The Photobucket Blackmail scam

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 7:54 pm
by phuketrichard
vladimir wrote: Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:33 pm I think they are using a bot that targets public viewing...just an idea
i dont think so as i use them for all my travel stories, and sofar they are all still up and view-able

I think its all about how much space of theirs ur using, I am only using .5 gigs of my free 2 gigs,
ONLY use PB for photos i am going to place somewhere online,would never keep all my photos there and for sure would never pay to store them on anyone else's site
or in the cloud for that matter

Re: The Photobucket Blackmail scam

Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 2:55 am
by Jamie_Lambo
Seasquatch wrote: Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:32 pm I just checked mine and it's still there with access to my photos, it's still frustratingly fucking buggy.

Maybe I don't have enough photos to hold me for ransom, or they haven't got to me yet.
its not access they are restricting its the ability to link the pictures to 3rd party sites

Re: The Photobucket Blackmail scam

Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 7:59 am
by phuketrichard
Jamie_Lambo wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2017 2:55 am
Seasquatch wrote: Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:32 pm I just checked mine and it's still there with access to my photos, it's still frustratingly fucking buggy.

Maybe I don't have enough photos to hold me for ransom, or they haven't got to me yet.
its not access they are restricting its the ability to link the pictures to 3rd party sites
well jamie ,as u can see my photo is visible so ur theory is out the door :beer3: